Waxpolish soft...by hand???

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charliecroker

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hi all...1st of all i'm in the UK :brit and own a Black Mini Coopers (you guys have helped me with quite a bit on it)

i have to do all by hand as i am a newbie on a budget with no really decent professional suppliers about.

i have recently mostly been usin meguiars dc1, dc2, followed by gold class paste, topped with p21s.

but now its time to turn it up a notch.

the car does have a few minor swirls and scratches will the majority i have remove by hand with scratchX...which is great..although as i said i dont own a PC as Yet so it aint perfect (all i want for xmas......)

i was going to go down the next route of getting hold of some Klasse AIO to top up with p21s as everyone goes on about this.

what i am asking is...has anybody used waxpolish soft???

I understand its full of glazes and gets rid of swirls and scratches..however i dont wanna invest in it if its gonna dull the paint job?

with thanks CC1970
 
Are you talking about the 1Z stuff? I've used 1ZPP with excellent results, I'm sure the Wax Polish Soft is just as good. I believe the 1Z products hide swirls. Accumulator would know best.
 
I dunno, I'm kinda weird when it comes to marring- some stuff drives me crazy on my S8 but worse stuff doesn't bother me on other cars.



I had high hopes for the WPS but it sorta disappointed me. It's *very* mild, I wouldn't expect any correction unless you use it with a rotary (and I dunno about it even then). It doesn't hide much for me, but I've heard that it'll hide shallow stuff like holograms and it might work better on black than it does on silver (even though "clear is clear"). I think of it as a high grade cleaner wax and I mean that in an OK sense, not as a putdown. I used it as a penultimate step on my wife's A8, after the real polishing but before the #16. Maybe made it look a little better, but I might've just seen what I wanted to see. I just can't decide whether the WPS was worth getting or not, but that's *for me*.



charliecroker- Despite the above, the WPS might be worth trying. The Scratch-X might be sorta a pain, especially if you do the whole car. I'd listen to John Styrnol and get the 1Z PP. Then go over it again with the WPS. In your case I wouldn't go with the AIO- it'd clean off the stuff the 1Z leaves behind and used by itself it would highlight residual marring that I think you'd be better off trying to hide.



The WPS won't dull/haze the finish, it's too mild for that. Quite possibly too mild for what you want to accomplish too. That's where the 1z PP comes in. It works well by hand but *sometimes* it will haze a little, especially if you don't break it down all the way (more likely when working by hand). Following with the WPS, which is quick and easy, would take care of that.



There are countless approaches you could try, and they all work. But the 1Z stuff is a great way to go when working by hand.



Totally different approach if you don't want to polish out marring on the whole vehicle- use the Scratch-x on the really bad stuff. Then use Autoglym's SRP instead of AIO. Top with wax. The SRP hides a little more than AIO and provides better protection. Autoglym stuff is easy to find in your country.



But your Deep Crystal Step #2 hides stuff too. If it doesn't hide enough then the 1Z PP etc. approach is probably the next step worth taking.



Top whatever you do with the P21S. But since you're over there across the pond, I'd top with Meg's #16 instead. Very similar look, but better beading/protection/durability. Heh heh, but then you'd be spending enough on the 1Z stuff ;)
 
accumulator...thank you for the very concise advice..your a credit to the forum..your right...looks like i'l be spending enough on the 1z.

luckily my cousin is a distributor for autoglym and meguiars so i can get that trade :)

thanks again
 
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